Hydrozoa taxon details
Ptychogastriidae Mayer, 1910
22812 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22812)
accepted
Family
Pectyllidae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (not in use)
Ptychogastridae Mayer, 1910 · unaccepted (original spelling variant)
- Genus Glaciambulata Galea, 2016
- Genus Ptychogastria Allman, 1878
- Genus Tesserogastria Beyer, 1958
- Genus Pectanthis Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Ptychogastria Allman, 1878
- Genus Pectyllis Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Ptychogastria Allman, 1878 (synonym)
- Genus Pectys Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Pectis Haeckel, 1879 (spelling error)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Ptychogastriidae Mayer, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22812 on 2024-04-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description
(of Pectyllidae Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 265 [details]
original description (of Ptychogastridae Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 371 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 265 [details]
original description (of Ptychogastridae Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 371 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Trachymedusae with either simple manubrium without mesenteries, or with eight-lobed manubrium fixed by eight mesenteries to subumbrella; with either marginal tentacles grouped into more or less well defined clusters, some with adhesive disks, or with very numerous tentacles, not in clusters, but inserted at various levels on exumbrella; eight radialcanals, no centripetal canals or peduncle; with eight radial canals; gonads either attached onto manubrium on sides of the eight manubrial lobes, or on radial canals adjacent to manubrium; pendant statocysts. Bottom dwelling forms. [details]Spelling Original spelling was Ptychogastridae, but correct name formation is Ptychogastriidae. [details]